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NHL team ratings 2026

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Rank history					Record			Overall	Schedule		All margin		No margin		vs. top teams				Projection
3W	2W	LW		Team	W	L	T	Rating	SOS		Rating		Rating		Top 5	Top 10	Top 15	Conf-Div	W-L-T
2	2	1	1	Carolina Hurricanes	7	2	0	50.650	49.878	24	50.581	2	50.719	1	0-0-0	1-1-0	2-1-0	Metropolitan	51-28-5	22
1	1	2	2	Colorado Avalanche	5	2	1	50.617	49.818	29	50.683	1	50.551	2	0-0-0	1-0-1	2-0-1	Central	51-27-6	30
3	4	3	3	Tampa Bay Lightning	6	2	0	50.398	49.859	27	50.362	4	50.433	3	0-0-0	2-0-0	3-0-0	Atlantic	47-32-5	16
8	10	6	4	Vegas Golden Knights	7	2	1	50.355	49.693	32	50.381	3	50.329	5	0-0-0	0-1-0	1-1-0	Pacific	48-30-6	32
11	12	8	5	Boston Bruins	7	2	0	50.336	49.963	21	50.317	6	50.354	4	0-0-0	1-1-0	1-2-0	Atlantic	46-33-5	15
7	3	4	6	Minnesota Wild	5	3	0	50.305	50.164	4	50.314	7	50.296	6	2-1-0	2-2-0	2-2-0	Central	46-33-5	26
6	13	7	7	Dallas Stars	3	3	2	50.277	50.117	9	50.344	5	50.210	9	0-1-1	1-1-1	1-1-2	Central	44-33-7	25
9	9	5	8	Washington Capitals	5	3	0	50.252	50.135	8	50.227	8	50.277	7	1-2-0	1-2-0	3-2-0	Metropolitan	44-35-5	14
4	5	11	9	Buffalo Sabres	4	4	1	50.202	49.991	19	50.170	11	50.235	8	0-0-0	1-2-0	1-3-1	Atlantic	41-37-6	12
13	8	10	10	Utah Mammoth	6	3	0	50.193	50.071	13	50.202	9	50.185	10	0-1-0	1-1-0	2-2-0	Central	44-35-5	24
15	15	14	11	Edmonton Oilers	6	2	0	50.181	49.798	30	50.189	10	50.173	11	0-0-0	1-1-0	1-1-0	Pacific	45-34-5	31
5	7	13	12	Montréal Canadiens	2	4	2	50.141	50.042	15	50.125	12	50.157	12	0-1-0	1-2-1	1-3-1	Atlantic	39-38-7	11
12	11	9	13	Ottawa Senators	4	3	2	50.096	49.932	22	50.122	13	50.069	14	1-0-0	1-0-0	1-0-1	Atlantic	40-37-7	9
14	14	16	14	New York Islanders	4	3	1	50.072	49.823	28	50.043	15	50.100	13	0-1-0	0-1-0	0-1-1	Metropolitan	40-38-6	10
10	6	12	15	Pittsburgh Penguins	2	5	2	50.013	50.149	6	50.100	14	49.927	18	0-2-0	0-3-1	1-3-1	Metropolitan	38-39-7	8
23	19	17	16	New York Rangers	6	4	0	49.974	50.052	14	50.042	16	49.906	19	2-1-0	3-2-0	4-2-0	Metropolitan	41-38-5	7
20	20	22	17	Florida Panthers	5	4	0	49.969	50.007	17	49.944	17	49.994	15	1-0-0	1-2-0	1-2-0	Atlantic	39-40-5	5
21	18	15	18	Anaheim Ducks	4	3	0	49.911	49.902	23	49.855	21	49.967	17	1-1-0	1-1-0	1-2-0	Pacific	39-40-5	29
19	22	19	19	New Jersey Devils	4	4	0	49.910	49.867	26	49.839	24	49.982	16	0-0-0	0-2-0	0-4-0	Metropolitan	36-43-5	6
18	16	18	20	Columbus Blue Jackets	2	3	1	49.879	49.873	25	49.911	18	49.847	24	0-0-0	1-1-0	1-1-1	Metropolitan	37-41-6	4
24	25	21	21	Nashville Predators	3	3	2	49.877	50.008	16	49.888	19	49.867	22	0-1-0	1-2-0	2-2-1	Central	37-40-7	20
17	17	20	22	Detroit Red Wings	2	4	2	49.873	49.734	31	49.847	22	49.899	21	0-0-0	0-0-0	1-0-1	Atlantic	34-43-7	3
26	27	23	23	Winnipeg Jets	4	4	0	49.850	50.091	12	49.840	23	49.860	23	1-2-0	2-2-0	3-2-0	Central	37-42-5	19
22	21	26	24	St. Louis Blues	3	5	0	49.848	50.162	5	49.873	20	49.824	25	0-1-0	1-2-0	2-2-0	Central	37-42-5	18
28	26	24	25	Seattle Kraken	4	4	1	49.825	50.093	11	49.827	25	49.822	26	0-2-0	1-2-0	1-3-0	Pacific	37-41-6	28
25	23	27	26	San Jose Sharks	3	3	2	49.775	49.993	18	49.647	29	49.904	20	0-1-0	0-2-0	0-3-0	Pacific	33-44-7	27
29	29	25	27	Toronto Maple Leafs	3	5	1	49.747	50.101	10	49.783	27	49.711	27	1-0-1	1-2-1	2-5-1	Atlantic	34-44-6	1
16	24	28	28	Philadelphia Flyers	1	8	1	49.743	50.185	3	49.794	26	49.692	28	0-4-0	0-4-0	1-6-0	Metropolitan	32-46-6	2
27	28	29	29	Los Angeles Kings	0	6	0	49.582	50.206	2	49.661	28	49.503	30	0-3-0	0-3-0	0-4-0	Pacific	32-47-5	23
31	31	30	30	Chicago Blackhawks	3	6	0	49.505	50.136	7	49.471	30	49.539	29	0-2-0	0-5-0	1-6-0	Central	30-49-5	13
30	30	31	31	Calgary Flames	1	6	0	49.432	49.985	20	49.386	31	49.477	31	0-2-0	0-2-0	0-2-0	Pacific	28-51-5	21
32	32	32	32	Vancouver Canucks	2	8	0	49.210	50.208	1	49.233	32	49.188	32	0-3-0	0-3-0	1-5-0	Pacific	26-53-5	17

How to read this table

3W · 2W · LW · TW: Overall rank three weeks ago, two weeks ago, last week and this week. A green circle means the team's rating went up since last week. Blank = before the season started.
Rating: The overall team rating — higher is better.
SOS / SOS rank: Strength of schedule: how good the team's opponents are. Rank 1 is the toughest schedule.
All margin: A rating that counts every point of margin in every game.
No margin: A rating from wins and losses only — the score doesn't matter.
vs. top teams: The record against teams currently ranked in that top tier.
Projection: The single most likely final record, and the projected full-season strength-of-schedule rank. Orange while games remain; black once the season is complete.

Projected Division Standings

Orange records still depend on games that haven't been played.

Atlantic

Rank	Team	W	L	T
3	Tampa Bay Lightning	47	32	5
5	Boston Bruins	46	33	5
9	Buffalo Sabres	41	37	6
13	Ottawa Senators	40	37	7
12	Montréal Canadiens	39	38	7
17	Florida Panthers	39	40	5
22	Detroit Red Wings	34	43	7
27	Toronto Maple Leafs	34	44	6

Central

Rank	Team	W	L	T
2	Colorado Avalanche	51	27	6
6	Minnesota Wild	46	33	5
7	Dallas Stars	44	33	7
10	Utah Mammoth	44	35	5
21	Nashville Predators	37	40	7
23	Winnipeg Jets	37	42	5
24	St. Louis Blues	37	42	5
30	Chicago Blackhawks	30	49	5

Metropolitan

Rank	Team	W	L	T
1	Carolina Hurricanes	51	28	5
8	Washington Capitals	44	35	5
16	New York Rangers	41	38	5
14	New York Islanders	40	38	6
15	Pittsburgh Penguins	38	39	7
20	Columbus Blue Jackets	37	41	6
19	New Jersey Devils	36	43	5
28	Philadelphia Flyers	32	46	6

Pacific

Rank	Team	W	L	T
4	Vegas Golden Knights	48	30	6
11	Edmonton Oilers	45	34	5
18	Anaheim Ducks	39	40	5
25	Seattle Kraken	37	41	6
26	San Jose Sharks	33	44	7
29	Los Angeles Kings	32	47	5
31	Calgary Flames	28	51	5
32	Vancouver Canucks	26	53	5